For the 4th year in a row, Sierra Magazine has named UCI #1 overall in its annual “Cool Schools” ranking of sustainability leaders among U.S. & Canadian colleges and universities. Read more here: https://fal.cn/3aBbl
Probing COVID-19’s Nerve-Racking Effects
From temporary loss of taste and smell to strokes and seizures, it’s clear a number of people with COVID-19 are suffering central nervous system impact. You can learn about the newest research into this concerning issue when Neurobiology and Behavior Chancellor’s...
Heather is awesome!
Heather Bilton did an amazing job of navigating the complex new software procurement process in making a large acquisition of a new software for our undergraduate lab courses. This process took over a month but Heather’s diligence and follow up made sure it was...
EEB Vice Chair and Professor Catherine Loudon Honored as a 2020 Fellow of the Entomological Society of America
Congratulations to Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Vice Chair and Professor Catherine Loudon, one of ten Entomologists honored as 2020 Fellows of the Entomological Society of America. Professor Loudon is the 3rd UCI-affiliated person to be selected as a Fellow....
Diana and Kristin Truly Care
It's been my pleasure to work on Dunlop School commencement and undergraduate convocation for the past three years with the amazing team of Kristin Fung and Diana Tien-Chan from Student Affairs. They are not only super-responsive and amazingly competent, they are fun...
UCI MIND Awarded $14.4 Million NIH Grant to Continue Critical Alzheimer’s Disease Research, Education
UCI MIND, the Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders at UCI, has been awarded a $14.4 million grant from the National Institute on Aging, one of the National Institutes of Health, to sustain critical research and education as Orange County’s only Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.
The Daniel G. Aldrich, Jr. Distinguished University Service Award
Developmental and Cell Biology Professor Arthur Lander received the prestigious Daniel G. Aldrich, Jr. Distinguished University Service Award for 2020-21. This high Academic Senate honor recognizes Senate members who are respected scholars and who have made...
Bessy Varela is the best!
A big shout out to the entire MB&B administrative team, they are awesome!! Leading the team is our fearless, knowledgeable and super hard-working MSO, Bessy Varela. I can't thank Bessy enough for managing the department so brilliantly especially during these...
Setting Records in Research Funding at UCI
UCI has been awarded a record $529 million in research funding for fiscal year 2019-2020. In recent years, across campus, schools have made remarkable progress towards the centralization of their Research Development and Pre-Awards operations. Dunlop School began the...
New Grant Aims to Boost STEM Teacher Education
An interdisciplinary team of UCI faculty and staff led by School of Biological Sciences Associate Teaching Professor Jessica Pratt was recently awarded a new grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support STEM teacher preparation through...